Governor
Dirk Kempthorne signed legislation Friday
that authorized the sale of $200 million
in bonds as the first installment of the
Connecting Idaho program. Approximately
175 community leaders, including legislators
and city and county representatives, transportation
officials, school children and citizens
turned out for the ceremony near the Karcher
Interchange construction project on Interstate
84 in Nampa. The Transporter will provide
more coverage of the event – perhaps
the governor's final public bill signing
– next week.

Board to begin summer tours of districtsThe Idaho Transportation board will
begin its 2006 tour of districts next week with a
two-day session in Lewiston. The board will visit
two project sites near Winchester on U.S. 95: a Road
Weather Information System (RWIS) site and proposed
location for a new rest area.ContinueGrangeville
group to be honored for clean-up efforts
Members of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Grangeville
take the concept “Cleanliness is Next to Godliness”
as a fundamental principle, although you won’t
find the oft-quoted phrase in the Bible. If it were
a divine proclamation, the church members would be
several steps closer to heaven because of their diligence
in keeping a stretch of U.S. 95 free of roadside litter.ContinueDiscover
the interstate and get fit
ITD employees have an opportunity to travel the nation’s
interstate highway system, celebrate its 50th anniversary,
learn about its development and maintain a healthy
lifestyle without straying too far from home. The
2006 spring exercise challenge, which officially begins
Sunday (, focuses on the golden anniversary of the
national interstate highway systemContinue

Partial reimbursement available for fitness groups
Tired of throwing your weight around? Wish you had
less of it to throw? The Office of Group Insurance
(part of the Idaho Department of Administration)
has a way to help you lose what you don’t
want to keep. State employees may participate in
a weight management program and be partially reimbursed
for costs associated with one of three widely-recognized
weight-loss organizationsContinueWeight
Watchers group might form at HQ
ITD employees in Boise who want to formalize their
efforts to lose weight and become more physically
fit may have a new option. Donna Burns invites Headquarters
employees to explore the possibility of forming
a Weight Watchers group. Representatives of Weight
Watchers will be on hand Monday (April 17).ContinueCredit
union's 54th annual meetins set April 27
Idahy Federal Credit Union invites members to participate
in its 54th annual meeting, April 27. The meeting
will be in the Cascade Room at the Holiday Inn off
Vista Avenue in Boise. The return of a half-hour
“Family Fun Time” will precede the annual
meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The business meeting
will follow at 7 p.m. and will include election
of officers.ContinuedPlanning group solicits
public comments
Communities in Motion, a regional planning organization
in southwestern Idaho, will accept comments on its
Regional Long-Range Transportation Plan beginning
Tuesday (April 18). The 30-day comment period closes
at 5 p.m., Friday, May 19. A new public involvement
opportunity for Communities in Motion – Communities
in Conversation – will begin May 3 and continue
through the end of the comment period.ContinueHouse,
Senate pass interstate resolution
U.S. Senate, House Committee, Pass Resolutions for
50th Anniversary of Interstate
The U.S. Senate has passed a commemorative resolution
recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Dwight D.
Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense
Highways. June 29 marks the day President Eisenhower
signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956Continue

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